Thanks Dad: '56 Porsche 356A

[pdxjim]

Update: Gettin' after it!

Been spending a lot of time down in NorCal tending to my dad's property and managing his trust.

Lots of meetings with roofers, septic service guys, appraisers, electronics and tractor/old engine nerds, etc.

Silver lining is I get to spend time with my car. I'm totally obsessed with this thing, and have spent hours going over the shop manual and owners manual, and reading old threads and asking lots of questions on the fantastic 356registry.com forum.





I did a bit more excavation, and moved some junk out of the way to get the cover off for the first time in at least 35yrs.





I found the keys and bought a 6v battery, and found most of the lights work, and it didn't let the smoke (or flames) out, so thankfully the rats seem to have spared the wiring. Keys are pretty well worn after 60yrs in my dad's pocket.





I got a the Kardex (original Porsche factory build sheet) which shows the engine cases are original to the car.





... and changed the oil. I'll pull the plugs and get some penetrating oil in the cyls when I'm down there next in a couple weeks.



The engine spins free, so I'm pretty sure after rehabbing the fueling system, it should run.  The fuel tank is pretty ugly inside, and a good quality repop is only $400 (cheaper than the one I got from Yambits for my LC), so pretty sure I'll go that route and save rehabbing the OG tank for a later date (I'm so over fcuking around with rusty gas tanks).  Carb cleaning/fixing the "epoxyed jet", fuel pup rebuild, and replacing all the rubber fuel lines are next on the list.

Takeaway: Motorcycles are way easier to work on than cars.

[kpke]

This is so cool. I hope that thing runs really good. And good luck with the estate. Hope that goes well for you.

I am almost 2 years in to being executor/trustee for parents estate. It's a 2 family thing and what a nightmare. I don't recommend it. Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now though. There was no Porsche involved unfortunately. 

[pdxjim]

This is so cool. I hope that thing runs really good. And good luck with the estate. Hope that goes well for you.

I am almost 2 years in to being executor/trustee for parents estate. It's a 2 family thing and what a nightmare. I don't recommend it. Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now though. There was no Porsche involved unfortunately. 

Thanks Ken. 
Yeah, the executor/trustee job is no joke.  'Specially since my dad was fantastic at acquiring stuff, but terrible at getting rid of anything.  His bushes are full of old tractors, and the shop is full of ten of everything you can imagine and at least one of everything you had no idea even existed.  Most frustrating is truing to do a simple task, knowing he has all the gear needed, but it's buried under a ton of isht so I can't find anything.  Great negative reinforcement to GET RID OF EVERYTHING I DONT NEED.

Thankfully I'm an only child, so that makes things a bit easier.